Bookmaker Caliente

Let us start by revealing that the term "Caliente" is a Spanish word that translates to "hot" in English. Well, Caliente lives up to its name, presenting a notably flashy, hot, and contemporary appeal to bettors.

Originating from Mexico, Caliente's branding is enhanced with a distinct Latino feel, making it the bookmaker of choice for native Spanish punters.

These guys make betting more exciting and hotter than more orthodox bookmakers. Their branding emphasizes exuberance, explaining while the bulk of this bookmaker's customer base is young people gathered from Europe, Mexico, South, and Central America. 

For legitimacy, Caliente operates with licenses from the Mexican General Office of Gaming. This organization holds the reputation of one of the strictest regulatory bodies on the North American planet, with an extremely low tolerance for low-level or fraudulent bookmakers.

Registration

Opening an account with Caliente is straightforward. The traditional registration procedure involves you providing details like your phone number, residential address, and name. 

Caliente also allows you to register an account with your Facebook profile effortlessly.

That said, their minimum age entry is a bit higher compared to the generality of bookmakers globally. On Caliente, you must be 21 years and above to open a sports betting account. 

Website technology and usability

Caliente's website is colorful – and it appears that is what its teeming customer base loves. Hot and gamey, the website features a fundamental black design accentuated with red and white colors. 

The attraction of Caliente's website doesn't stop at colorfulness. The website is pretty easy to navigate. At the upper left side of the website, you can access the betting sections. 

Scrolling down the website reveals the range of betting offerings Caliente provides. The live betting section comes into view. You can choose between multiview and overview to manipulate the website display.

Specifically, with the multiview display pattern, the browser viewport accommodates as many as nine betting events all at once.

This is a significant upgrade on the conventional display pattern where other bookmakers only allow you to view four events simultaneously at most. 

Admittedly, there are some aspects we feel Caliente can still improve in the website. The sports filtering facility needs to be improved. 

Repeatedly, we saw that the boxes depicting respective categories had irregular shapes or outlines. This didn't sit well on our eyes.

Line and odds

Yes, Caliente doesn't offer many casino offerings, but it spoils its bettors with luxurious sports betting offers. You stand to enjoy top-notch features like live animation, live streaming, and accurate statistics to inform your betting decisions.

The online version presents matches running through horse racing, soccer, hockey, table tennis, handball, NBL, golf, cricket, badminton etc. 

Placing a wager on each of these offerings is as easy as depositing and staking. The sports betting features available to Caliente customers include live streaming, cash out, live animations, and statistics.

There is an exciting competitiveness about Caliente's betting odds. The tennis betting margin comes at an admirable 7.5%, soccer at Caliente goes at 5.2%, basketball comes at 5.6%, and hockey has a betting margin of 7.6%.

Mobile betting

With the profusion of smartphones across the globe, Caliente did well to provide its customers with dedicated apps for their mobile betting adventures.

Caliente offers apps for both Android and iPhone users. The Apple mobile client can be downloaded from App Store, with the Android version procurable from Play Store.

Of course, not everyone savors betting on mobile apps. There is that reclusive community that prefers betting from their mobile phone browsers. 

Caliente caters to this fraternity of punters with a robust mobile browser betting experience. Bettors can still tap into Caliente's promotional offers, full betting sections, deposit, and withdraw their earnings on their mobile browsers.

Support

Caliente's customer support system doesn't leave us wanting. There are options, cutting across live chat, telephone access, and email. 

Caliente's customer support team can be reached via this phone number: 800-5-22543683. Should you prefer email correspondence, you can shoot the customer department your inquiry via [email protected]

The response rate is commendable, and all sensitive information shared across these channels is secure. 

Bonus and Promotions

There is shame in admitting that bonuses number among the most compelling attractions of a bookmaker. Fully aware of this, Caliente makes a point of offering you a sign-up bonus of $400.

Hefty, isn't it? 

Expectedly, there are some conditions to enjoying this bonus. There is a wagering requirement you must meet. For Caliente, you must wager 50 times the bonus before you can withdraw.

To make things easier to comprehend, this means you must have staked at least $20,000 before you can withdraw earnings from your bonus. 

It is also worth mentioning that Caliente doesn't allow you to win more than $2,000 from their sign-up bonus.